Test your knowledge of Eagles's biggest hits, deep cuts and iconic moments.
The Eagles' biggest songs arrive wrapped in harmony, so 'Hotel California', 'Take It Easy' and 'Life in the Fast Lane' give themselves away quickly. The catch is clocking which member is out front on the lead vocal.
The details behind the band play like a round of their own: a lead singer who fronted hits from the drum kit, a debut single a neighbor helped write, one of the best-selling albums ever made. What a superfan has ready.
An Eagles quiz is really about voices. Start with the harmony hits everyone knows, then match each lead to the right member, dig into the album cuts, and finish by telling the band's songs from the members' solo careers.
These are the free points on any Eagles quiz. 'Hotel California', 'Take It Easy', 'Desperado' and 'Life in the Fast Lane' are so familiar that most players name them from the opening bars, harmonies and all. Bank these early, because the round gets trickier from here.
Now the twist. Don Henley fronts 'Hotel California' and 'One of These Nights', Glenn Frey takes 'Take It Easy' and 'New Kid in Town', Randy Meisner reaches the falsetto on 'Take It to the Limit', and Timothy B. Schmit sings 'I Can't Tell You Why'. Matching the voice to the member is where fans pull ahead.
Past the singles, the separators are the album tracks. The seven-minute 'The Last Resort', the ache of 'Wasted Time', the country lilt of 'Doolin-Dalton' and the deep cut 'Try and Love Again' catch out anyone who only knows the radio hits.
Here is the trap unique to the Eagles. Don Henley's 'The Boys of Summer', Glenn Frey's 'The Heat Is On' and Joe Walsh's 'Life's Been Good' are solo hits, not Eagles songs, yet a short clip fools players constantly. Sorting the band from the solo careers is the final test.
Play an Eagles quiz on Songtrivia and find out. Guess the song from a short clip and answer trivia about the band and its members. Eight out of ten is a strong score; naming every lead singer is what sets the superfans apart.
Expect the classics like 'Hotel California', 'Take It Easy', 'Desperado' and 'Take It to the Limit', plus deeper cuts such as 'The Last Resort' and 'Wasted Time' in the harder rounds.
The big hits are easy points, but the Eagles shared lead vocals between several members, and Henley, Frey and Walsh all had solo hits, so the quiz gets tricky when you must name the singer or spot a solo track.
It varies song to song. Don Henley leads 'Hotel California', Glenn Frey sings 'Take It Easy', Randy Meisner reaches the falsetto on 'Take It to the Limit', and Timothy B. Schmit takes 'I Can't Tell You Why'. That rotation is half the fun.
The founders were Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Bernie Leadon and Randy Meisner, formed in Los Angeles in 1971. Don Felder, Joe Walsh and Timothy B. Schmit joined later, with Henley and Frey handling most lead vocals.
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